Ezra 5:1

Then Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo the prophet prophesied in the name of the God of Israel to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem.

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Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

In Context

2Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God in Jerusalem with the prophets who supported them.

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Cross References

Micah 5:4He will stand 1 and shepherd his flock in the strength of Yahweh, 1 in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God. 1 They will remain, 1 for then he will be great to the ends of the earth. 1

Haggai 1:3Then the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying, 1

Zechariah 4:6So he said to me, “This is the word of Yahweh to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says Yahweh of hosts.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 5:1

We left the temple-work at a full stop; but, being God's work, it shall be revived, and here we have an account of the reviving of it. It was hindered by might and power, but it was set a-going again "by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts." Now here we are told how that blessed Spirit, I. Warmed its cool-hearted friends and excited them to build, ver. 1, 2 . II. Cooled its hot-headed enemies, and brought them to better tempers; for, though they secretly disliked the work as much as those in the foregoing chapter,… Read the whole commentary →

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